Car-coupling



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T. J. WILLIAMS.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 350,178. Patented Oct. 5,1886.

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GAR COUPLING. No. 350,178. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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THOMAS J. WVILLIAMS,

OF OZARK, MISSOURI.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350, dated October 1886- (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, THOMAS J. WILLIAMs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ozark,

in the county of Christian and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Im provements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in car-couplings, the object of which is to provide a cheap, simple, durable, and convenient device for coupling and uncoupling cars without going between them. These objects I attain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same on the line :0 m. Fig. 3 is a detail of the coupling-link.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the end of an ordinary box-car, and is provided with a draw-head, B. Said drawhead is made of any suitable material and in one piece, and is preferably provided with a square chamber, 0, in its center. Said drawhead is secured to the car by any suitable means. Draw-head B is provided with ahole, b, for receiving a pin, F. Said pin F is made so as to work easily up and down, and is provided with a spring, G. Spring G is for holding the pin F firmly in place,to prevent it from bounding or working up out when the train is in inotion; but the pin may be raised up out of the hole 1) far enough to permit the coupling-link F to come out by pressing the spring Gup against the top of support \V. V is a support secured by any suitable means to the top of draw-head B. Support W is provided at its top with a collar, 10 Said collar is provided with a hinged joint, R, by. which it is hinged to the top of support W, and at the other side of it is provided with a suitable catch for holding the collar firmly around the top of pin F, thus supporting it firmly in place as it works up and down, so that the-pin F may be taken out with case when desired. The front end of draw-head B is made so as to be flaring or beveled outward in all directions from the center of the draw-head, so'that when the link in the car to be coupled strikes the draw-head it will be guided to the center of the draw-head so as to couple. Draw-head B is also provided with a head-block, H. Said head-block H is provided with a head, h. Said head is provided with a notch, if, for receiving the end of link F, and is made so as to fit over the end of said link. Head-block H is also provided with an arm, h to serve as a guide for the head-block. Arm h is provided with a spring, h, one end of which rests against the inner back part of chamber 0, and the other end rests against the shoulder h of head-block H, and is for holding the head-block forward against shoulder b ot'draw-hcad B. Draw-head Bis also provided with an opening, I), into chamber 0 from the top side of the draw-head, so that the headblock may be easily removed to be repaired or a new one put in. Said opening is covered by any suitable means, as by means of a plate,'P, which may be secured in place by any desired means, or by means of being dovetailed in and then fastened in position by means of thumb-screws. Attached to the upper end of pin F is a chain, N, or other device for drawing out pin F. This chain passes over a cam, G, and is attached to it. Cam 0 is pivoted or fastened to shaft L by any suitable means. Shaft L is secured to the end of the car by suitable bearings, M, so that it may be turned easily. The ends of shaft L are provided with lever L so that the car may be uncoupled by means of the lever L without going between the cars. The chain that extends up over the top of cam O passes on up over a similar cam, G, and then upon the top of the car, and is provided with a lever, K, at its end, which is hinged at its lower end to the top of the car, and is for uncoupling the cars from the top of the car. F is a link, and is provided with an oblong hole in its ends for receiving the pin F.

My invention is operated by pressing forward on one of the levers K or L, thus drawing on chain N, and by so doing it draws the pin F up out of the way of the link F, and the link is thrown out by means of the spring h throwing the head-block H forward against the shoulder b so that when the levers are allowed to be free the pin F will press down upon and rest upon the top side of head-block H. Thus the pin is held up out of the way of the link, so that when the link F strikes against the head-block H it will drive the head-block back, and the pin F is thrown down through the hole in the link by means of the spring G, and thus couple the cars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. In a car-coupling, a'draw-head, 13, provided with a head-block, H,which is provided with aspring, h, combined with a pin, F, having a spring, G, and a support, W, having a hinged collar, w", substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of a hollow draw-head,

B, having a head-block, H, provided with a spring, h, and a pin, F, having a support, W, and a spring, G, with a chain, N, provided with cams G O, and levers L K, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with levers L and K, having a chain provided with cams G O, of a pin, F, provided with a spring, G, and asupport, W, a'hollow draw-head, B, provided with a head-block, H, having a spring, h, and link F, substantially as'shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS J.-WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

S. O. HASELTINE, G. 13. CHESTER. 

